Nick Solak
RF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 9" 185LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 2, #62, New York Yankees | Louisville
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 511 458 57 111 11 7 .242 .314 .362 .676
2022 95 82 14 17 3 3 .207 .309 .329 .638
2023 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
5 Seasons 974 865 118 218 21 19 .252 .327 .372 .699
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .242 11 7 .676
2022 .207 3 3 .638
2023 .000 0 0 .000
5 Seasons .252 21 19 .699
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2019 24 550 87 8 9.2 5.9 88.3 109.0 6.3 33.3 .249 .426 .375 .339 .377 32.2 21.5 11.1
2020 25 895 171 8 4.7 3.4 89.9 111.7 9.4 27.5 .264 .388 .297 .318 .351 40.4 18.0 7.7
2021 26 2054 355 23 6.5 4.5 86.9 110.6 7.0 29.3 .238 .361 .299 .299 .335 33.5 20.9 6.7
2022 27 357 64 5 7.8 5.3 86.7 111.1 5.7 28.1 .242 .409 .291 .335 .366 34.4 20.0 7.4
Player 3856 677 44 6.5 4.5 87.8 111.7 7.4 29.2 .246 .381 .308 .313 .347 35.2 20.2 7.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2019 52.9 13.8 26.4 6.9 34.5 40.2 25.3 3.4 42.5 20.7 20.7 3.4 9.2 5.9
2020 48.5 26.3 21.6 3.5 32.7 38.6 28.7 2.3 36.8 26.3 22.8 7.0 4.7 3.4
2021 54.6 19.7 20.0 5.6 30.1 43.1 26.8 6.2 40.6 21.7 20.3 4.2 6.5 4.5
2022 57.8 21.9 17.2 3.1 40.6 37.5 21.9 7.8 39.1 18.8 23.4 3.1 7.8 5.3
Player 53.2 20.8 21.0 5.0 32.3 41.1 26.6 5.0 39.7 22.5 21.3 4.7 6.5 4.5
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -1 100 28.0 34 .207 .414 .342 15.8 20.6 23.3 .245 .510 .369 34.8
2022 Sinker -1.7 -1 88 24.6 23 .238 .238 .335 25.8 13.0 18.8 .235 .301 .275 27.8
2022 Slider -4.9 -3 55 15.4 12 .091 .182 .163 40.0 33.3 26.7 .196 .296 .254 42.9
2022 Curveball 1.2 1 48 13.4 8 .000 .000 .375 10.0 12.5 6.3 .129 .149 .338 0.0
2022 Changeup 0.7 0 35 9.8 7 .286 .286 .257 29.4 28.6 20.0 .289 .344 .276 80.0
2022 Sweeper 0.1 0 18 5.0 6 .400 .400 .417 40.0 16.7 12.5 .369 .416 .410 25.0
2022 Cutter 10.9 1 12 3.4 5 .250 1.000 .540 16.7 20.0 33.3 .275 .991 .562 33.3
2022 Split-Finger 2.9 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 -1 665 32.4 153 .248 .481 .385 23.9 16.3 13.3 .273 .476 .374 43.8
2021 Slider -0.3 -1 391 19.0 102 .237 .371 .283 35.2 28.4 25.0 .189 .307 .237 27.9
2021 Sinker -0.5 -2 334 16.3 86 .289 .382 .362 16.8 19.8 23.0 .248 .325 .298 26.7
2021 Curveball -0.2 0 213 10.4 49 .200 .222 .234 30.8 30.6 21.1 .211 .298 .245 32.3
2021 Changeup -1.6 -3 212 10.3 66 .185 .231 .217 22.1 19.7 18.3 .229 .274 .230 25.0
2021 Cutter -1.7 -3 153 7.4 34 .179 .214 .280 18.8 11.8 11.1 .277 .415 .354 40.0
2021 Sweeper -0.6 0 52 2.5 12 .300 .300 .342 19.0 16.7 12.5 .232 .449 .355 37.5
2021 Split-Finger 2.3 1 29 1.4 8 .571 .571 .538 23.1 25.0 9.5 .258 .310 .307 40.0
2021 Slurve 19.6 1 5 0.2 1 1.000 1.000 .900 33.3 0.0 0.0 .153 .173 .138 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -3 305 34.1 75 .200 .338 .295 11.2 12.0 9.2 .278 .530 .377 43.9
2020 Slider -0.4 -1 179 20.0 44 .220 .268 .232 25.3 18.2 13.3 .252 .332 .289 26.5
2020 Sinker 1.3 2 154 17.2 38 .400 .429 .396 7.8 7.9 12.5 .312 .364 .331 40.6
2020 Curveball 1.4 1 91 10.2 24 .227 .273 .260 39.4 41.7 33.3 .229 .265 .258 50.0
2020 Changeup 3.3 3 84 9.4 26 .364 .409 .406 21.7 19.2 20.8 .281 .366 .322 44.4
2020 Cutter -4.0 -2 55 6.1 18 .235 .294 .258 30.3 27.8 38.5 .194 .279 .233 41.7
2020 Sweeper 2.5 0 17 1.9 4 .500 .750 .538 0.0 0.0 0.0 .298 .381 .286 50.0
2020 Split-Finger -4.0 0 10 1.1 4 .333 .333 .225 50.0 50.0 66.7 .070 .070 .140 50.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 4.3 8 181 32.9 47 .459 .784 .586 17.1 17.0 17.0 .290 .456 .397 37.9
2019 Sinker -0.7 -1 109 19.8 24 .263 .263 .371 9.6 8.3 7.7 .208 .246 .305 17.6
2019 Slider -2.2 -2 95 17.3 27 .080 .120 .165 35.9 33.3 29.0 .153 .293 .222 37.5
2019 Changeup 3.2 2 63 11.5 17 .235 .706 .382 38.7 23.5 21.1 .267 .577 .345 38.5
2019 Curveball 2.2 1 60 10.9 10 .333 .444 .465 16.7 30.0 11.1 .343 .701 .454 33.3
2019 Cutter 1.8 1 38 6.9 8 .375 .500 .381 35.7 37.5 30.0 .329 .530 .359 20.0
2019 Sweeper -1.1 0 3 0.5 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 Split-Finger -20.9 0 1 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .162 .175 .166 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 134 550 0 1 4 3 9
2020 233 895 -10 -1 7 4 0
2021 511 2,054 -13 -16 11 9 -9
2022 95 357 -6 -1 1 3 -3
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2019 550 49.3 63.1 84.8 21.9 57.4 44.0 18.7 42.2 22.4 6.4 74.3
2020 895 49.2 64.1 90.4 24.2 56.4 40.0 22.3 43.8 19.1 9.2 63.4
2021 2,054 46.7 64.2 81.7 30.0 62.2 40.8 19.0 46.0 24.8 7.6 68.2
2022 357 52.9 59.3 79.5 23.2 64.1 41.2 22.1 42.3 23.8 10.1 58.3
Player 3,856 48.2 63.5 84.0 26.9 60.6 41.1 20.0 44.6 23.1 8.0 66.5
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2019 65 89
2020 39 66 32 18 48 35 23 69 84 55 75 33 84 66 91 1 25
2021 18 26 15 18 28 36 31 13 75 18 52 19 48 32 93 70 8
2022 73 85
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 19.3 5 4.9 0 2 5 1 20.0
2020 18.9 2 4.2 -2 4 6 0 0.0
2021 18.9 11 8.2 3 5 9 1 9.1
2022 19.1 3 3.0 0 0 4 0 0.0
Player 19.0 21 20.3 1 11 24 2 9.5

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 5 6 3 6 6 6 6 5 5 3 4 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 3 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 2
2020 2 6 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 1 2 4 6 2 4 3 5 4 3 6 5 8 6 5 2 3 4 5 5 4 2
2021 11 11 8 11 11 8 10 9 6 4 6 10 7 6 10 12 6 8 7 10 6 10 12 9 5 6 9 8 7 7 8
2022 3 1 1 3 4 3 4 1 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 2 3 4 4 3 4 3
Player 21 24 16 25 26 22 25 19 18 11 15 25 21 15 22 23 18 20 17 25 17 26 27 22 13 17 22 22 21 21 15
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.3 89.9 1.6 86.9 -3.0 86.7 -0.2
Launch Angle 6.3 9.4 3.1 7.0 -2.4 5.7 -1.3
Barrel % 9.2 4.7 -4.5 6.5 1.8 7.8 1.3
Hard Hit % 32.2 40.4 8.2 33.5 -6.9 34.4 0.9
Sweet Spot % 33.3 27.5 -5.8 29.3 1.8 28.1 -1.2
xBA .249 .264 0.015 .238 -0.026 .242 0.004
BA .293 .268 -0.025 .242 -0.026 .207 -0.035
xwOBA .339 .318 -0.021 .299 -0.019 .335 0.036
wOBA .375 .297 -0.078 .299 0.002 .291 -0.008
xSLG .426 .388 -0.038 .361 -0.027 .409 0.048
SLG .491 .344 -0.147 .362 0.018 .329 -0.033
K% 21.5 18.0 -3.5 20.9 2.9 20.0 -0.9
BB% 11.1 7.7 -3.4 6.7 -1.0 7.4 0.7
Swing % 42.2 43.8 1.6 46.0 2.2 42.3 -3.7
Whiff% 22.4 19.1 -3.3 24.8 5.7 23.8 -1.0
In Zone % 49.3 49.2 -0.1 46.7 -2.5 52.9 6.2
Out of Zone % 50.7 50.8 0.1 53.3 2.5 47.1 -6.2
Out of Zone Swing % 21.9 24.2 2.3 30.0 5.8 23.2 -6.8
First Pitch Swing % 18.7 22.3 3.6 19.0 -3.3 22.1 3.1
First Pitch Strike % 59.0 66.5 7.5 61.3 -5.2 57.9 -3.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2019 Shifts R 134 4 3.0 .367 .607
2020 Shifts R 233 13 5.6 .303 .190
2021 Shifts R 510 24 4.7 .303 .228
2022 Shifts R 95 10 10.5 .262 .541
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2019 195 18.4 17.4% 2.6% 87 24.8 0.0% 9.2%
2020 297 19.0 5.4% 2.0% 131 25.0 0.0% 11.5%
2021 595 19.9 5.0% 1.8% 383 25.3 0.0% 17.8%
2022 107 17.4 22.4% 1.9% 70 23.3 0.0% 14.3%
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